Crackdowns and Crisis of Legitimacy: What lies beyond Bangladesh's apex court scaling down job quotas
Monday, 22 July 2024 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government had scrapped the quota system in 2018, but the lower court reinstated it last month, pegging total quotas at 56%, sparking the protests and an ensuing government crackdown.
Bangladesh is in turmoil as violent protests over job quotas escalate, leading to a nationwide curfew and army deployment. Over 4,500 Indian nationals, along with nearly 540 citizens from Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives, have been safely evacuated. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka is working...
Bangladesh's top court has pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme sparked nationwide clashes that..
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has ordered a significant reduction in the country’s controversial quota system for government jobs, following nationwide protests and violent clashes that have resulted..
In Bangladesh, violent clashes erupted on Tuesday between rival student groups over government job quotas, resulting in the deaths of at least five demonstrators and injuries to over 400 others the..
Monday, 22 July 2024
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